Conformity in the world of technology is rare these days, each company aspiring to create their own unique solution to suit our computing needs. The majority of the time, its’ a change that’s as drastic as it is risky, and only appeals to a certain demographic. But every now and then, a revolution comes along that makes everyone stop and think, “Why isn’t this the standard?” Silverstone has discovered such a design, exemplified in their new Raven 2 chassis, and has sent us a sample to see for ourselves.

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For the professional, there’s one component of the gaming world that arguably stands out above the rest in importance. You can always disable anisotropic filtering and drop the resolution if you want to claw back a few extra frames each second, but the precision and effective “frame-rate” of your mouse will always be limited by the technology in which you invest.

It’s with this in mind that we now set out to put Cyber Snipa’s latest offering, the Silencer, to the test. These fine folks from down under are a worldwide player in the market for high-end gaming peripherals. Is their newest laser-guided rodent truly one to live up to its name and silence the critics? Let’s find out

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At the beginning of the month I posted my review of the Palm Pixi Plus from Verizon Wireless, today I have what you might call the big brother to that phone, the Palm Pre Plus. Overall the Pres Plus is a much better phone, it’s bigger and it just feels easier to use. The Pre Plus is a slider with a full keyboard that’s easy to use, the phone itself features a finger friendly navigation system that I quite like. So Read on to learn more…

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The HD 5570 was an interesting model for me. Due to the fact it came out after the HD 5450, I didn’t know exactly where the model would fit. Ok, yes I understand, it was going to sit in-between the HD 5450 and HD 5670, but was it going to lean more towards the HD 5670 which can do a bit of gaming, or was it going to lean more towards the office orientated HD 5450?

It was surprising to see the model leant more towards the HD 5670. Sure, you’re not going to run Eyefinity on the setup; but since the model followed the same low profile nature of the HD 5450, it clearly has a market for people with low profile systems or people who just want to game on a real budget at lower resolutions.

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Many users do not want an average PSU. They like to have flashy features, as well as plenty of power. Well, those users certainly won’t be dissapointed by Kingwin’s Lazer 850W PSU. This PSU features a sleek design with a black paint job. It also has a three way LED switch which can turn on a white LED, blue LED, or turn the LED’s off. Im sure that you will want the LED’s on to show off this great looking PSU.

If a PSU only focused on the looks, then its performance would certainly make it unattractive, but Kingwin has packed some excelent performnace in this PSU. This includes an 80+ Bronze efficiency rating, but enough with the vague details about the PSU, lets take a look at the specifications.

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With a budget chassis like this, we can overlook some minor shortcomings due to the low price. There is room for lots of hardware in the Element T, with three big bays and six HDD mounts with a placement for a 2.5-inch drive. It is lightweight but sturdy while being relatively easy to work in.

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The Matrix was well over a year ago, and the X-Fighter some nine months later. The Matrix offered subtleties in both looks and the fact that it was tiny and attractive, while the X-Fighter was larger and is bolder in design. Both were well thought out cases in designs, but the X-Fighter offered a full line up of options and unique features. I hope all of this isn’t lost with IN WIN and they are still offering both to their customers.

Today we are going to take an in depth look at the Maelstrom, one of IN WIN’s full tower chassis’. Aside from what I have seen online and a bit of poking around on their site, my first impressions are that IN WIN kept with making a chassis that houses some ideas we have seen before, but also seems to offer a few new tweaks along the way.”

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High quality gaming peripheral equipment is a speciality of Razer. In this article Razer brings us a new product, a first for its kind, the Razer Orochi mobile gaming mouse with both USB-2.0 and Bluetooth capability. Traditional mice suffer from poor mobility, often adding a huge lump inside of your laptop bags. Long wires and the need for a “perfect” surface often make setting up a hassle. Benchmark Reviews tests and inspects the Razer Orochi gaming mouse (model RZ01-00300100-R3U1) to see whether it really is the solution for gaming on the go that will revolutionize mobile gaming.

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A few days ago we had the chance to check a new mini led digital projector from geeks.com and were pleasantly surprised by the size of the unit. Besides its size it is also extremely light making it great for parties and small to medium size audio/visual presentations.

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Today for review I’ve got the Kingston SSDNow V Series 128gb SSD, but it’s not just the drive I have as they sent me the Notebook bundle kit. The last Kingston SSD I reviewed was the 40gb SSDNow V desktop upgrade kit so getting this one makes a nice contrast to the other. These new SSD drives from Kingston are faster than the first generation and their main new feature is the addition of TRIM support now. It might be named the notebook bundle but the drive can be used fro anything as you might expect, but to make things easier for those of us that want to upgrade our notebooks Kingston included a rather nice USB enclosure so you can clone your SSD via USB quickly and easily. In the following review I’ve compared the new Kingston SSDnow V to the last generation and to another value priced SSD I’ve got on hand, I also decided to toss the SSDNow V drive into a USB3.0 enclosure and test it that way to see the results. So read on to see the comparison and learn more about the new Kingston SSDnow V SSD…

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Today for review I’ve got a very high quality set of ear buds from a relatively new audio company called Thinksound. The ear buds or headphones are just called Rain, and what really sets them apart is not only the relatively low price but the fact that they’re made of wood. Look around, I can guarantee that when you see a set of ear buds or headphones they’re made of either plastic or metal, not wood. A good set of speakers for your home are made of wood, there’s a reason for that, wood makes things sound better. Read on to learn more about a very good sounding and constructed set of ear buds…

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SAN JOSE, CA – 2/4/2010 — Internet-based technology company, IPEVO, Inc., has slated early February 2010 for the premiere of its newest product—the Mini Network Storage Adapter. Mini Network Storage Adapter turns any USB storage device into a versatile file-sharing server for use on a local area network (LAN). Users—both wired and wireless—can share and access files located on the USB storage device through their accustomed operating system environment—either Mac, PC, or Linux.

Mini Network Storage Adapter’s name is derived from its small size—it measures only 2.9 x 2.5 x 1.2 inches, and is lightweight at a mere two ounces. The leprechaun green, box-shaped adapter features an Ethernet port to connect to a router, as well as a high-speed USB 2.0 port to connect to the storage device. Mini Network Storage Adapter is powered with an included AC adapter. By default, the adapter  uses a dynamic IP address assigned by the router, though it can be configured to use a static IP address.

Device management for Mini Network Storage Adapter is accomplished through an included interface called the IPEVO Mini Dashboard, which appears in the administrator’s default web browser. Dashboard provides several customization options, including: set up and modification of FTP and Samba (SMB) servers for users (up to 8) to connect to the storage device; password protection and access restriction; the choice of which folders to share; disk utility features like scanning, power-saving shutoff mode, and FAT 32 formatting (drives must conform to FAT32 format); and one-click firmware upgrade for any future versions of the software.

Dashboard also allows a network administrator to make video, photo, and music files available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and iTunes, allowing users to stream multimedia content directly from the drive. In addition, Dashboard features a BitTorrent client to facilitate Torrent downloads. Up to 4 Torrent files can be simultaneously downloaded directly to the USB storage device, without the need for a computer intermediary. Additionally, up to 32 Torrent files can be queued at one time. The BitTorrent client provides the ability to pause, stop, and restart Torrents in the download queue. Users can also elect to receive email notification when a Torrent is fully downloaded.

IPEVO’s Mini Network Storage Adapter will be released worldwide in February, and will be available exclusively through the company’s online store at http://www.ipevo.com, at a price of $59.

About IPEVO

IPEVO designs and manufactures Internet-based devices that enhance the Internet experience. Renowned for its iconic line of best-selling VoIP hardware, IPEVO has established a reputation for developing award-winning designs and innovative products to help connect to, communicate with, and share the world around us. For more information, visit http://www.ipevo.com.

In a press conference earlier today, Intel provided a sneak peek at some of the papers it will present next week during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. The chipmaker revealed a few juicy details about Gulftown, its upcoming six-core, 32-nm processor, as well as some interesting research prototypes kicking around in its labs.

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Today for review our friends at Geeks.com have sent me over a pocket camcorder called the Kodak Zx1. The Zx1 is an inexpensive and feature packed little camera, not only does it do 720P HD videos at 60FPS, but it also has video out and the memory can be expanded up to 32gigs via an SDHC card. The camera is small, and lightweight but yet it’s rugged and weather resistant and it comes with a carrying case, along with spare battery cover, rechargeable batteries and charger and even an HDMI cable so you can view your videos on your TV. The Kodak Zx1 isn’t a bad camera overall, especially for the price and all of it’s features. So read on to learn more.

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Today for review I’ve go another product from our friends at Geeks.com, it’s a monitor from a company that I’ve never heard of before, the company is Eizo, and from what I’ve seen so far they make some nice monitors. The one I got for review though is the Eizo FlexScan L695 19.1” LCD Monitor that is capable of running 720P resolution and has both DVI and VGA ports and even a USB port as well. This monitor is just feature packed with things like a rotating display for portrait of landscape mode, picture in picture so you can actually hook two computer up to one monitor and something they call ActiveShot which actually focuses lower resolution images, programs etc when you run them at the full 1280 resolution. In my time with the monitor I’ve truly grown to like it very much, the colors are perfect, I plugged it in and it needed no adjustments at all. So read on to learn more about an inexpensive and feature packed monitor.

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